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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 955 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) dull, brownish colour (b) pure white (c) brighter colour (d) primary colour
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) yellow
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  5. 5.True or false: orange and blue — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) secondary colour (c) tertiary colour
  7. 7.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and purple
  12. 12.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red-purple (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  13. 13.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: yellow-green is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) green and yellow (d) green and red
  16. 16.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and orange (b) blue and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  17. 17.True or false: red is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and green (c) blue and purple (d) green and red
  19. 19.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) orange and blue (b) blue and green (c) yellow and purple (d) green and red
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) orange (b) green (c) red-orange (d) blue-green
  21. 21.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  22. 22.True or false: purple and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: green and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  27. 27.True or false: red is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: green is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  31. 31.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  32. 32.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) paler (d) invisible
  33. 33.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) orange
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  36. 36.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and yellow (b) red and purple (c) red and green (d) yellow and orange
  37. 37.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) blue and orange (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  40. 40.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary

Answer key

  1. False
  2. dull, brownish colour
  3. orange
  4. yellow-orange
  5. False
  6. secondary colour
  7. False
  8. False
  9. True
  10. opposite each other
  11. blue and orange
  12. red
  13. True
  14. True
  15. green and yellow
  16. purple and yellow
  17. False
  18. green and red
  19. blue and green
  20. blue-green
  21. complementary pair
  22. True
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. not complementary
  27. False
  28. False
  29. False
  30. complementary pair
  31. not complementary
  32. brighter
  33. green
  34. blue and green
  35. orange and blue
  36. red and green
  37. not complementary
  38. False
  39. red and orange
  40. complementary pair

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